| Noun | 1. | genus Salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willowshamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins osier - any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture pussy willow, Salix discolor - small willow of eastern North America having grayish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves sallow - any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal dwarf willow, Salix herbacea - widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves creeping willow, Salix repens - small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated | |